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New Log4j flaw: 5 reasons why organizations should worry now
The world of cybersecurity has been constantly challenged since the pandemic started. With the dust still settling, a new concern has taken the entire cyber landscape by storm. A flaw in Log4j, a widely used Java-based logging library, allows hackers unbridled access to computer systems. The vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) affects everything from the cloud to security devices. Attackers have come up with worms that can spread independently from one vulnerable system to another.
Westcon-Comstor signs new agreement to distribute Nokia industrial grade private wireless solutions to the German market
Agreement provides the channel with the industry leading private wireless solution for reliable, low-latency, high performance connectivity for even the most demanding environments.
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Four learnings UK organisations can take from cybersecurity research in 2021
If the opinion of every UK business leader was surveyed back in February 2020, it's very likely cybersecurity wasn't at the top of their priority list. Fast forward to December 2021, and the reality is very different. Steep rises in data breaches, ransomware attacks and phishing scams in recent months, means many organisations are frantically trying to bolster their security operations, in a bid to keep pace with the evolving and progressively more complex cyber threat landscape they are now facing heading into 2022.
Monitor Kubernetes with Fairwinds Insights' offering in the Datadog Marketplace
Fairwinds Insights is Kubernetes governance and security software that enables DevOps teams to monitor and prevent configuration problems in their infrastructure and applications. Not only does Fairwinds simplify Kubernetes complexity, but it also reduces risk by surfacing security and reliability issues in your Kubernetes clusters.
Snyk Code: An Introduction to Dev-First SAST
Snyk helps software-driven businesses develop fast and stay secure. Continuously find and fix vulnerabilities for npm, Maven, NuGet, RubyGems, PyPI and more.
Blocking log4j with Response Actions - Sysdig Secure
The situation involving the log4j ( log4shell ) vulnerability has been rapidly evolving since its release a little over a week ago. A new exploit, CVE-2021-45046, was found which was not covered by the initial 2.15.0 patch. Not long after the 2.16.0 patch was released, another issue was found, CVE-2021-45105, which resulted in the release of 2.17.0. There is clearly a lot going on in the log4j library.
Log4j Incident Update - Dramatic Turn of Events
Following December 9th, 2021, the news of a Log4j Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability began to grow (Figure 1). In addition to various malware families that already have utilized this vulnerability and added it to their delivery methods arsenal, more vulnerabilities related to this case were published, making Log4j, once simple Java-based logging utility, “the talk of the internet” these days.
What Is Data Logging?
Humio is a CrowdStrike Company. Data logging is the process of capturing, storing and displaying one or more datasets to analyze activity, identify trends and help predict future events. Data logging can be completed manually, though most processes are automated through intelligent applications like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) or robotic process automation (RPA).
Snyk Open Source in 2021: A year of innovation
More than 90% of organizations rely on open source software, a reliance that introduces a significant amount of security and legal risk via either direct or transitive open source dependencies. To overcome this challenge, Software Composition Analysis (SCA) solutions are playing an increasingly important role in helping organizations successfully identify and mitigate potential security issues.
Snyk Code in 2021: Redefining SAST
Starting in early 2021, Snyk Code and became available as a freemium offering for Snyk users. Snyk Code helps developers quickly and accurately find, prioritize, and fix security flaws in proprietary code. With detailed remediation guidance at every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from the developer’s environment (IDE) to continuous integration and development (CI/CD) pipelines, Snyk Code revolutionizes static application security testing (SAST).